A fecal fat test measures the amount of fat in a person’s stool. The test assesses the digestive function and absorption of fat in the gastrointestinal tract. Several medical conditions cause poor fat ...

Scientists at ARUP Laboratories have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that detects intestinal parasites in stool samples more quickly and accurately than traditional methods, potentially ...

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a debilitating psychiatric condition characterized by a persistently low mood, a lack of ...

Pancreatic cancer is not one of the most frequently diagnosed cancers, but it is one of the most lethal due to its early local extension and metastatic behavior. Some of the reasons for this high ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an 80-year-old male in excellent health. I've had a colonoscopy every five years following my first in my mid-50s, in which five benign polyps were found. I was told colonoscopies ...

The coronavirus appears able to linger in COVID-19 patients' stools longer than their respiratory system, according to a study. The research, published in the journal the BMJ, involved 96 COVID-19 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Males, African Americans and people with Medicaid are more likely to submit an unsatisfactory sample. Less than ...

Banking samples of your own poop in your youth and then transplanting them back when you're old might be a key to healthy aging, scientists suggest. Stool samples frozen and stored when a person is ...

Changes in the way that humans live and eat have resulted in tremendous alterations in the gut microbiome, especially over the past few decades. These changes have been linked to increased rates of ...

One the many reasons to be concerned about the monumental problem of plastic pollution is the uncertainty around its effects when consumed by organisms, including us humans. Scientists have suspected ...

Parents may soon be able to determine whether their young child has autism by using a new stool test kit developed by researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The test, which analyzes gut ...

The thought of transplanting another person’s poop into your colon may sound unpleasant, and understandably so. Feces are a smelly mixture of water, undigested food, dead and living bacteria, and ...